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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter thank Harriet for?

2. Who comes upon Pomfret confessing his love to Harriet?

3. How does Saint-George demonstrate that his arm has healed?

4. How do Harriet and Peter spend the afternoon after he arrives in Oxford?

5. Whom does the Dean call an incredibly beautiful young man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Miss Hillyard responsible for smashing Harriet's chess set?

2. Why does Harriet not return to Shrewsbury as soon as the Warden's maid calls her?

3. What does Pomfret accuse Harriet of when he meets her in Chapter 12?

4. How does Peter know Padgett?

5. Why does Harriet accuse Miss Hillyard of smashing her chess set?

6. How is Harriet attacked?

7. How does Peter suggest that Harriet alter her novel?

8. Why does Miss de Vine have a heart attack?

9. Describe Peter and Pomfret's first and second meetings.

10. How does Harriet respond to Pomfret's avowal of devotion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Senior Common Room is the setting for many significant meetings and conversations. Choose two of these occasions and explain their significance to the book.

Essay Topic 2

Detective fiction usually involves a central character who solves the mystery. In the case of Gaudy Night, however, it is not Harriet but Peter who solves the mystery. Which one do you think is the main character of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What is the "marriage question" that Harriet faces? How is it linked to the mystery Harriet solves? Does she answer it by the end of the book?

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